NASA Funding 3D Food Printer Research (The Replicator!?)

[JMcEntegart]

Good news, guys. There'll be pizza on Mars.

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[stonedatheist]

OMG yes! Replicators solved world hunger, you know.

 

[Gundam288]

The 1st ship that has one of these HAS to be called the Enterprise. Make it so NASA.

 

[alexcle]

$100,000? That seems kind of low. Will that even cover one person's salary that works at NASA?

 

[kanoobie]

I bet the food industry would use this printer to mold "pink slime" into new and interesting shapes.

 

[Blessedman]

Well... This isn't what I was thinking. Millions of Atom needles (maybe nanobots) assembling protein sustenance.

 

[sha7bot]

Next time on Kitchen Nightmares, Gordan Ramsey calls an astronaut a Donkey.

 

[unknown9122]

Wow this is creepy

 

[spartanmk2]

Tea, Earl Grey, hot.

 

[DRosencraft]

Am I the only nerd/geek who read "NASA" "3D Printing" and "Replicators" and thought "Stargate"?

 

[The_Trutherizer]

I think "synthetic" food will solve the world problems. That said I believe the printing of food should be done using actual cells cultured in bio-reactors. So only half synthetic assembled really. Staple grains should be relatively simple - It does not even need very advanced printing if any once you have cultured the cells. Good meat substitutes will be the real deal. I have high hope that such manufactured foods will help us avoid some dystopian future scenarios.

 

[The_Trutherizer]

I think "synthetic" food will solve the world problems. That said I believe the printing of food should be done using actual cells cultured in bio-reactors. So only half synthetic assembled really. Staple grains should be relatively simple - It does not even need very advanced printing if any once you have cultured the cells. Good meat substitutes will be the real deal. I have high hope that such manufactured foods will help us avoid some dystopian future scenarios.

 

[ddpruitt]

Yet another reason Star Trek is better than Star Wars! (couldn't help myself)
Now I can see a whole new business springing up, companies selling plans for building (!?) different foods. Let's see what we can turn this into!

 

[NightLight]

oh man, if we make it trough the global crisis, it's gonna be an exiting world to live in with all these new inventions.

 

[mynith]

It's an interesting way of doing it, but the machine will have to be a lot quicker than current 3D printers if they want to feed an entire spacecrew and still get decent texture out of the finished product. I suppose it can't be that hard for foods like pepperoni pizza, but the fibrous texture of most meats and vegetables could be quite challenging to replicate. Also, I wonder if the food comes out already cooked (yet still cold, maybe?) or still needs cooking.

 

[Icecweam7]

Make it so.

 

[Icecweam7]

Coffee, black.

 

[Icecweam7]

Coffee and croissants please!

 

[quotas47]

@Gundam288
http://www.buildtheenterprise.org/

 

[ipwn3r456]

So how much would each pizza's materials cost?